Overview
Taylor & Francis, in partnership with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, is organising Module 4 of the UTTHAN–T&F Champions 2.0 programme. The session will focus on Publishing Ethics and Responsible Practices, helping researchers understand ethical responsibilities and integrity standards across the scholarly publishing process.
The session will address research misconduct, questionable research practices, plagiarism, authorship, editorial policies, systematic manipulation and publication retractions. It will be led by Dr. Sabina Alam, Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity at Taylor & Francis Group.
Details
Programme Information
Programme: UTTHAN–T&F Champions 2.0
Module: Module 4—Publishing Ethics and Responsible Practices
Organisers: Taylor & Francis and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m. IST
Format: Online learning session
Speaker: Dr. Sabina Alam
Designation: Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity, Taylor & Francis Group
Programme Reach
Previous modules: The first three modules of UTTHAN 2.0 have been completed successfully.
Participants: The programme has reached more than 4,500 researchers, faculty members and other stakeholders.
Institutional reach: Participants have represented more than 400 institutions.
Continuing programme: Module 4 extends the programme’s focus from scholarly communication and publication preparation to ethical and responsible publishing practices.
Session Focus
Publishing ethics: The session will introduce important ethical principles governing scholarly research and publication.
Responsible practices: Participants will learn how researchers, authors and publishing professionals can maintain integrity throughout the research-publication process.
Plagiarism: The module will examine plagiarism and the importance of appropriately acknowledging ideas, language, evidence and contributions taken from other sources.
Authorship: The session will consider ethical authorship practices and the responsibilities associated with receiving authorship credit.
Systematic manipulation: Participants will learn about practices intended to manipulate editorial, publication or peer-review systems.
Research integrity: The programme will explain how ethical conduct supports the reliability and credibility of scholarly research.
Learning Objectives
Research misconduct: Participants will learn how to identify different forms of research misconduct and questionable research practices.
Consequences: The session will discuss the consequences of misconduct for individual researchers, academic institutions and the credibility of scientific research.
Authors’ responsibilities: The module will explain the ethical obligations of authors when preparing, submitting and revising scholarly manuscripts.
Reviewers’ responsibilities: Participants will learn about confidentiality, impartiality, conflicts of interest and other ethical duties associated with peer review.
Editors’ responsibilities: The session will examine the role of editors in maintaining fair, transparent and responsible publication processes.
Readers’ responsibilities: The programme will consider the role of readers in critically evaluating, using and reporting scholarly information.
Editorial policies: Participants will develop an understanding of the policies journals use to address ethical and integrity-related concerns.
Retraction practices: The module will explain why scholarly publications may be corrected or retracted and how these actions support the reliability of the research record.
About the Speaker
Name: Dr. Sabina Alam
Current role: Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity at Taylor & Francis Group
Academic background: Dr. Alam previously pursued a research career in neuroscience.
Publishing experience: She moved into scientific and medical publishing in 2008.
Taylor & Francis: Dr. Alam joined Taylor & Francis in 2018.
Leadership responsibilities: She leads the Publishing Ethics and Integrity team.
Areas of expertise: Her work includes investigative support and expert guidance relating to editorial policies, publication ethics and research integrity.
Registration and Certification
Registration: Interested participants are encouraged to register in advance to reserve their place for Module 4.
Future modules: Participants may also explore and register for upcoming modules through the programme link provided in the original announcement.
Certification: Participants who complete all programme modules will earn the certification of “UTTHAN Champion.”
Contact person: Jatin Julka, Marketing Manager, Taylor & Francis
Contact email: jatin.julka@tandfindia.com
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